Food stamp math doesn’t add up

“Honey, we got to apply for food stamps,” taken from the weekly email letter I receive from the Department of Labor, explains why we are in the state we are in.

When our esteemed vice president of the United States, Joseph Biden, can’t construct a sentence properly, we have a problem; but I think many of us were aware of that some time ago.

That said, Mr. Biden was referring to a symbolic statement made by a worker who came home with his paycheck after a 40-hour workweek at minimum wage. What Mr. Biden doesn’t realize is that raising the minimum wage, while in the best of intentions, will not solve any problems. With the suggested $1.75 per hour increase at 40 hours, the worker would receive an extra $70 per week. After taxes, the worker could expect an extra $49 in his paycheck. Woo-hoo!

There’s only one thing wrong with that. The 40-hour worker will likely be reduced to less than 30 hours, due to Obamacare, resulting in a net loss to the worker. So the worker would still come home and say “Honey, we got to apply for food stamps,” which is exactly what the current administration wants.